Biotic Rifle

Biotic Rifle
 12 rounds per clip
 1.5-second reload
Primary fire: Unscoped Mode
 Healing/damaging linear projectile type
 70 damage
 70 healing
 1.25 shots per second
 130 m/s projectile speed
 Lasts ~0.85 seconds
 ✘ Cannot headshot
Secondary fire: Scoped Mode
 Healing/damaging scoped hitscan type
 1.9 m/s movement speed
 70 damage
 70 healing
 1.25 shots per second
 0.25 scope in, 0.15 scope out
 Lasts ~0.85 seconds
 ✘ Cannot headshot
Ana's rifle shoots darts that can restore health to her allies or deal ongoing damage to her enemies. She can use the rifle's scope to zoom in on targets and make highly accurate shots.
Primary Fire Key: (, , )
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Details

Ana's Biotic Rifle is able to heal teammates, and inflict damage to enemies by shooting biotic syringes. Primary fire is a projectile, while secondary fire is a hitscan and allows her to use the scope. When shooting with the scope, the shot will leave a trail leading back to you, similar to Widowmaker's Widow's Kiss secondary fire; Ana also moves slower when scoping in.

If Ana hits an ally, each shot will heal 70 HP, and it will slowly fill up over a period of approximately 0.85 seconds. Hitting a full-health ally will cause the shot to pass though without leaving a healing effect. When hitting a enemy, each shot will deal 70 damage and it also will also slowly damage over approximately 0.85 seconds. The damage can be interrupted by moving over a health pack.

In the Game Options, Ana has two options that affect her Biotic Rifle:

• Toggle Zoom: When enabled, pressing the appropriate button will toggle the scope on and off. Otherwise, the button must be held.
• Relative Aim Sensitivity While Zoomed: Adjust the sensitivity of the mouse only when using scope.

Trivia

• The Biotic Rifle was originally designed by Mercy and Torbjörn. Both had intended for the rifle to be used for healing only; it was against Mercy's wishes in having her biotic technology used for a weapon.

Patch changes

August 31, 2020 Patch: Ammo decreased from 14 to 12.  May 19, 2020 Patch: Healing decreased from 75 to 70.  September 11, 2018 Patch: Increased the precision of the Relative Aim Sensitivity While Zoomed slider. This can be found under Options > Controls > Hero > Ana  May 22, 2018 Patch: Projectiles will now pass through allies with full health. Ammo increased from 10 to 14.  November 16, 2017 Patch: Damage increased from 60 to 70.  March 21, 2017 Patch: Damage decreased from 80 to 60.  November 15, 2016 Patch: Fixed a bug that prevented Ana’s custom crosshairs from displaying while zoomed.  October 11, 2016 Patch: Smoothed the animation during Ana’s zoom-release transition.  July 26, 2016 Patch: Rate of fire increased by 20%; Magazine size increased from 8 to 10.  July 21, 2016 Patch: The correct hit pip sound will now play whenever one of Ana’s darts impact with a barrier.

References

Ana Navigation
General	Main • Quotes • Gallery • Skins and Weapons • Sprays
Abilities	Biotic Rifle • Biotic Grenade • Sleep Dart • Nano Boost
Lore	Organizations	Overwatch
	Character relationships	Fareeha Amari • Jack Morrison • Gabriel Reyes • Widowmaker
	Locations	Temple of Anubis • Necropolis
	Others	Omnic Crisis
Media	Comic Shorts	Legacy • Old Soldiers
	Animated Shorts	Ana Origin Story